Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Your Sunday Morning Jet Noise

A guy flying a jetpack:

7 comments:

Deadstick said...

Impressive. I note the support crew has a fire extinguisher at the ready.

w3ski said...

I've forgotten what city, but just recently a couple of passenger jet flights have remarked about seeing one of those at about 3000-feet of altitude. I understand that the FAA is now on the lookout for them.
Not sure how I'd feel just hanging there with my feet out and see a jetliner go by at eye level. Scary.
w3ski

Deadstick said...

Yeah, w3ski, two incidents, this week and a month ago, both near LAX. One report was at 6000 feet, which is a bit high for the fuel capacity in those things. If you run out of gas in fight, the route down is via parachute, which would make a clean getaway difficult.

Also, you can't get those on Ebay...there are just a couple of companies making them, and I don't think they have much motive to deal with the wingnut crowd. Prevailing opinion seems to be an R/C model.

Old NFO said...

Interesting, and I'll pass. Rocket man I'm NOT! Thanks for the video though!

CenterPuke88 said...

It’s turbojets, and somewhat prone to the risk of tailpipe fires, where most commercial jets now use the less prone turbofans. Having an extinguisher is smart practice at start for those puppies.

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Deadstick said...

CP88, here's a turbofan tailpipe fire: https://simpleflying.com/s7-airlines-a321neo-engine-fire/